iPhone: There are lots of apps you can use to turn your phone into a personal assistant. 24me is a new one that combines several convenient features to automate much of your life—including paying bills and running errands.

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By linking your service providers (US only), contacts, and Facebook to the app, 24me can generate your daily tasks as needed. For example, when a bill comes in, you'll see the task with a link to pay it (using personal finance service Pageonce). When your friend's birthday is coming up, 24me will notify you and give you a one-click link to post on Facebook or buy a gift card directly from the app. You could also add a task like "Call Mom" and 24me will add the call button next to the task. It can even help you with physical tasks; if you enter something like "weed the lawn," you'll get a button that links to TaskRabbit, where you can pay someone to do your physical errands.